How Many People Are Named Paulo?
people named Paulo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 77,152 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,031 babies named Paulo in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
122 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese and Galician form of Paulus (see PAUL).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Paulo in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Paulo alive today is about 28 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Paulo first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 2006, to 122 babies. In 2025, 110 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Paulo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #935, in 1973. In 2025 it ranked #1,559.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,559 |
| Best rank | #935 (1973) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,522 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Paulo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Paulo were born in California than in any other state: about 1,066 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Paulo was given 4.3 times as often in Texas, 3.3 times in Massachusetts and 2.9 times in California.
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